Karni Liddell Quotes
People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
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It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.
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When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, this terrain. But no matter where you go in the world, women use the same language to speak of war. They speak of fire, they speak of death, and they speak of starvation.
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'It Girl' is such a weird term. It implies I go to parties and drink champagne.
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I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research.
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My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine.
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Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.
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Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.
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We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment.
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I don't think one should attribute the success and failure of a film to a single actor. When you decide to do a film, you weigh the pros and cons before taking a call. Only when you run out of patience, get insecure, and feel your career is heading nowhere do you sign anything that comes your way.
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It bothers me when people say, 'Oh, you're so down to earth - for an actor.' Even when they don't say 'for an actor,' I feel like that's the implication. Why are the standards so low for performers?
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It is still crazy to me that I have two boys born on the same exact day. I really tried to not have it happen, so they could each have their day, but there was no way around it.
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People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.
